Camping bed for automobiles



Aug. 231, 1923. 1,465,925

M. STEEL CAMPING BED FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed June 27 1921 Fatented Aug. 21, 1923.

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tively simple and p'ra'tical folding seat structure that be" unfolded and shifted into position to form within the" tonnea u' of vehicle,- a or couchandwhicn provision is e'speci desirable where'- vehieie owners are r king extendedtripsor tours in their cars.

Further objects of my invention: are to provide a folding seat structurethat be rbducectand installed with relatively little expense, to provide a structure that" may be readily shifted from one os'itionto another, and, further, to provide a folding seat for" motor vehicle's tli'at will be very efiective" in performing" its intended function's. VVi-th the foregoing a nd other objects in -view, myin ventien consists in certain novel; features (if c'bnstructien and arfai'igemeht of parts that will be hereinaftenmore fully described claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which u Fig.1- is a perspective' view of the tonneau portion of a motor vehicle of the passenger.

type, and showin the same equipped with a folding seat OI my improved construction.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the tonand showing my improved folding seat structure unfolded and the parts thereof shifted into position to form a bed or couch.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of portions of the side rails of a pair of the folding frames associated with the seat, and'showing the means utilized for locking said rails to each other.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line H of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a practical embodiment of my'invention, 10 designates the floor structure of the tonneau of the vehicle, 11 the base portion or body of the front seat, 12 the base portion or body of 't'ed States residing at: Les I Iios Angeles and on top of the: portion"- of said base neauvof a vehicle, with parts broken away th 'xrear seat; 13 the rear seat cush-ion',"1'4i the-rear seat-backyard 15: the. front seat;

back;

In accordance withv my invention this frontseat back 15 is a separate and "inde pendent structure, and: when properly positio ned orb the" front seat base or body, the lower" petition of the seat back rests directly p or bo'd j' 1:1: sis-illustrated in Fig; 1-.

Thedewerportions ofitheendsofthebody or framework of the front: seat back 15 are connected to the intermediate portionso f the ends of the front seat bas'e l'l-by parallel links 1b, the ends" thereof being pivotally connectedto the base 1 1' and back: 15', in

order that t-he latter may be wung" for- 1 wardly so as to occupy a'vertical position on top of the front portion of said base or Removably seat base-or body I 1 is" a folding structure,- comprising bottom panel 17 an interme- (ii-atepan-e1 laatop panel 19, and front" seat cushion structure 26;- Each of the ane1s17, 1'8 and 1 9" is preferably formed" of positioned on top of the front a substantially rectan ular frame made up of angieiron and each frame carrying a section ofwovenlwire- 21', preferably of the type utfi liied in the inanu-fac'tureo-f bed bottoms,

if desired eacl i'frame and the] section of woveniwire carried thereby may be suitably pa'd'de d on top as" designated by 22 (Fig. 45.)

The front edge ofthe bottom frame or panel 17 is connected, by suitable hinges 23,

to the corresponding edge of thetop panel 19. The front edge of the top panel 19 is connected by suitable hinges 25 to the front lower edge of the front seat cushion 20.

Pivotally connected to the side rails of the intermediate frame 18, adjacent to the front edge thereof, are legs or supporting members 26 which normally occupy positions against the inner faces of the end rails of said frame '18 and which are adapted to swing downwardly into vertical positions as illustrated in Fig. 2, to form a support for the frames or panels 18*and 19 when the same are shifted into position to form a bed or couch.

In order to maintain the folding frames or panels 17 18 and 19 and the front seat tween the side'rails of panel 19- and the side rails of the frame of cushion 20, and such device may be of the form illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein a bolt such as 27 is arranged for sliding movement through a fixed sleeve I 28 and the forward end portion of said bolt being adapted to engage in a socket or keeper such as 29 that is-fixed on the end portion of the adjacent side rail.

Ubviously these locking devices are arranged on the: side railso'fthe panels 17, 18 and 19 and on the side rails of the frame 3 of cushion 20 adjacent to, the hinges 23 and25. 7 1

7 Under normal conditions or while the folding structure is-folded and in position to form the front seat of the vehicle, the vari- -ous parts of the structureoccupy the positions illustrated in Fig. 1, and when it is desired to' unfold the structure to form a bed bottom within the tonneau, the cushion with attached panels 17, 18and' 19 is re- "moved from the base 11 and the front seat back1-5 is swung over into vertiealposition at the front side of the front' seat base 11.

Cushion 20 is now inverted so that the top or cushioned surface thereof may be posi- Y tionedon the top of the front seat base 11 to the rear of the shifted front seat back 15, and the frames or panels 17, 18 and 19. are now unfolded and swung into a substantially horizontal plane with the bottom frame or panel l'? resting directly on top of the rear seat cushion '13. y

Legs 26' are nowrswung downwardly to support the adjacent inner edges of the frames or panels 18 and 19, and the locking rods-.27 are shifted so as to engage the sockets or keepers 29 thereby locking the adjacent edges of the frames or panels 17 and 18 and panel 19 and the frame of cushion 20 against downward sagging movement. Thus a sub stantial bed bottomis produced within the comfortable bed is provided tonneau'of the vehicle, and, with the addition'of suitable padding, a conv A folding seat and bed'structure of enient and improved constructionpossesses superior advantages in. point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency and; afiords comfort,

and convenience to persons driving their cars on extended trips or tours. 7

Obviousl 1 minor chan es inthesize .form

and construction [of the various'parts off my V improved folding seat; and bed structure may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without, departing from the spirit of 'my invention, the-scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention: l The combination with a vehicle having a rear seat base, a rear seat back rigid with the rear seat base, a rear seat uponthe rear seat base, and a front seat base, of a:front seat back adapted to rest loosely upon the frontseat base, links connecting the front seat'sback to the front seat base so that the front seat back may be stepped from the rear side ofthe base to the front side of the base,

a front seat cushion adapted to be turned bottom upwardly upon the front seat base, a panel hingedly connected to the cushion,

a'second panel hingedly connected to the as to form a bed, andsaid panels being adapted to'fold upon each other and be positioned under the front seat cushion when 1 the bed is out of use.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MARJORIE srnnn 

